Performance of direct fluorescent antibody tests for routine diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in Russian sexually transmitted disease clinics

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 851-855

  Renton, Adrian ^a   Filatova, E ^b   Ison, C ^c   Meheus, A ^d   Dmitriev, G ^e   Akovbian, V ^f   Taylor Robinson, D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e City Department of Health   (Russian Federation)

^f RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Diagnosis; Fluorescent antibody test; Ligase chain reaction; Russian clinics

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URETHRA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349127250     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008149     Document Type: Article

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